Why Are So Many Young People Dying of Heart Attacks?

From actor Siddhart Shukla to singer KK, if the recent slew of fatal heart attacks in young, seemingly fit and healthy people tells us anything, it is that heart attack is not just an old-people-problem like it was thought to be.
FIT speaks to an senior cardiologist to figure out what causes young people to have heart attacks.

00:00 Introduction - Heart attacks no more an old-people problem
00:24 Heart attacks in young people in India
00:54 What causes heart attacks?
01:59 excessive exercise can do more harm than good
03:05 Air pollution linked to heart attacks
03:43 Are Indians more prone to heart attacks?
04:28 How to prevent heart attacks

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